"Smart"watches that require you to also have a smartphone to do all theactual work were doomed from the start - a ridiculously pointless andover-priced idea.

A true smartwatch that can replace a smartphone for most people's needsis likely to be a better longer term winner, but the difficulty ismaking them easily usable for things like text input (few peopleactually want to talk to their wrist!).

Post by Your Name"Smart"watches that require you to also have a smartphone to do all theactual work were doomed from the start - a ridiculously pointless andover-priced idea.

anyone that has a smartwatch knows that a lot of things can be done*without* a phone.

Post by Your NameA true smartwatch that can replace a smartphone for most people's needsis likely to be a better longer term winner, but the difficulty ismaking them easily usable for things like text input (few peopleactually want to talk to their wrist!).

"Smart"watches that require you to also have a smartphone to do all theactual work were doomed from the start - a ridiculously pointless andover-priced idea.A true smartwatch that can replace a smartphone for most people's needsis likely to be a better longer term winner, but the difficulty ismaking them easily usable for things like text input (few peopleactually want to talk to their wrist!).

"Smart"watches that require you to also have a smartphone to do all theactual work were doomed from the start - a ridiculously pointless andover-priced idea.

What I've been waiting for are smart armlets. Sort of computerswrapped around the lower arm, complete with loads of buttons and adual-laser interference-created virtual screen hovering over the arm.Loads of room for battery packs and small hardware screens for thingsthat don't demand much screen real-estate like Skyping and checkingthe weather.A smart brace would be very useful and if it should have phone andwi-fi capabilities it could even replace those bricks.Charging from body-heat, motion and the electrical juice in the usercould be advantageous.

Post by Your NameA true smartwatch that can replace a smartphone for most people's needsis likely to be a better longer term winner, but the difficulty ismaking them easily usable for things like text input (few peopleactually want to talk to their wrist!).

It's not the *talking*, that can be done even with the wrist in ajacket pocket if the microphones and softwares are good enough, it'sthe *hearing*. No one wants the entire bus to hear both ends of theconversation.A phone watch would need some sort of earpiece.And a huge improvement in battery.Which is one reason why a brace would be better.Mand.

"Smart"watches that require you to also have a smartphone to do all theactual work were doomed from the start - a ridiculously pointless andover-priced idea.

What I've been waiting for are smart armlets. Sort of computerswrapped around the lower arm, complete with loads of buttons and adual-laser interference-created virtual screen hovering over the arm.Loads of room for battery packs and small hardware screens for thingsthat don't demand much screen real-estate like Skyping and checkingthe weather.A smart brace would be very useful and if it should have phone andwi-fi capabilities it could even replace those bricks.Charging from body-heat, motion and the electrical juice in the usercould be advantageous.

And be able to deflect bullets (so you can pretend to be Wonder Woman)and able to shoot out long strands of strong sticky webs (so you canpretend to be Spider Man), and wrist shoot lasers, and ... ;-)

Post by Your NameA true smartwatch that can replace a smartphone for most people's needsis likely to be a better longer term winner, but the difficulty ismaking them easily usable for things like text input (few peopleactually want to talk to their wrist!).

It's not the *talking*, that can be done even with the wrist in ajacket pocket if the microphones and softwares are good enough, it'sthe *hearing*. No one wants the entire bus to hear both ends of theconversation.A phone watch would need some sort of earpiece.And a huge improvement in battery.Which is one reason why a brace would be better.

There was some news recently about a new Li-ion battery that couldpotentially make an iPhone work for a week and recharges very quickly.

"Smart"watches that require you to also have a smartphone to do all theactual work were doomed from the start - a ridiculously pointless andover-priced idea.

What I've been waiting for are smart armlets. Sort of computerswrapped around the lower arm, complete with loads of buttons and adual-laser interference-created virtual screen hovering over the arm.Loads of room for battery packs and small hardware screens for thingsthat don't demand much screen real-estate like Skyping and checkingthe weather.A smart brace would be very useful and if it should have phone andwi-fi capabilities it could even replace those bricks.Charging from body-heat, motion and the electrical juice in the usercould be advantageous.

And be able to deflect bullets (so you can pretend to be Wonder Woman)and able to shoot out long strands of strong sticky webs (so you canpretend to be Spider Man), and wrist shoot lasers, and ... ;-)

I have no desire to deflect bullets. I have no intentions of everbeing in a situation where people are shooting them in my direction.So far as I'm aware, no one dislikes me that much.I'm open to being corrected on this.

Shooting long strands of sticky webs sounds ever so cool. It wouldmake fetching that coin that has dropped behind the couch a littleeasier.I'm not sure how it would affect the battery drain but with 3-dprinting it shouldn't be much of a technological feat.

Using interfering, non-optical lasers to create a display in mid-airwould be relatively cheap on power usage. Using those lasers asoffensive weaponry or cutting torches would demand very large, densebatteries."Phasers" may be forever impossible merely because storing the juiceto power them may be beyond the limits of Physics.It's a pity. We could do loads of cool things if we could find areally dense energy storage medium.

What I want is perfectly feasible and would be relatively cheap andeasy to manufacture. It is basically a laptop bent into a bracelet. Nogreat technological feat.It would be *easier* than a smart-watch.

Post by Your NameA true smartwatch that can replace a smartphone for most people's needsis likely to be a better longer term winner, but the difficulty ismaking them easily usable for things like text input (few peopleactually want to talk to their wrist!).

It's not the *talking*, that can be done even with the wrist in ajacket pocket if the microphones and softwares are good enough, it'sthe *hearing*. No one wants the entire bus to hear both ends of theconversation.A phone watch would need some sort of earpiece.And a huge improvement in battery.Which is one reason why a brace would be better.

There was some news recently about a new Li-ion battery that couldpotentially make an iPhone work for a week and recharges very quickly.

And which makes a terrific bomb and a truly *marvelous* incendiarydevice, no doubt?Mand.